Elena Rossini
Elena Rossini
Elena Rossini
Elena Rossini is an Italian filmmaker, photographer and activist. Rossini’s work focuses on issues of media literacy, digital sovereignty, and harnessing the power of the internet for change.
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⚠️A heads-up: the following article covers a major technical issue that W Social has been experiencing since June 22 (for 7 consecutive days). As I also discuss a possible solution to this problem, by the time you read this post the...
The new social network W Social - which purports to be a healthier alternative to Elon Musk’s X, “made in Europe, for the world” - would be a fascinating case study for future business school seminars. Its debut has been messy, filled...
In the past few months I have unwittingly become an expert on all things W Social: the microblogging platform that is a fork of Bluesky and bills itself as Europe’s alternative to X, with identity verification “to fight bots and...
I have been thinking a lot about the meteoric rise - out of nowhere - of a new player in the social media space: W Social, a platform soft-launched at Davos built on the promise of becoming the European answer to X. Earlier this month I...
In January my corner of the social web was abuzz with the surprising announcement at Davos of a new social network: W Social, which aspires to be an alternative to X, based in Europe, with "identity verification to fight disinformation."...
When I started self-hosting essential digital services via YunoHost in December 2024 I was taken aback by how easy and smooth the process was. Something that had appeared daunting to me just days before became a child’s game. A catalog...
In the brave new year of 2026, most European public institutions, politicians and infrastructure services (transportation, official weather services, alert systems) continue to broadcast their communications on a closed, proprietary...
Dear friends,I’d love to share with you what I’ve been up to this month.First up:✏️ Writing: A newbie's guide to self-hosting with YunoHostI published part 4 in my “newbie’s guide to self-hosting with YunoHost” that discusses backups:A...
I had the pleasure of sharing with you all the steps it takes to set up and run your own essential internet services with the help of YunoHost. Fun fact - and sorry I'm addressing this point only now but the right way to pronounce...
You know how some of your most vivid memories go back to moments when you were scared or you tackled a difficult thing for the first time? Well, I still remember the fear and trepidation I felt when I was about to install and set up my...
This is the guide I wish I had had two years ago when I first heard about "self-hosting"; I would have embarked on this empowering adventure a lot sooner. My wish: that it can prove useful for non-techies who are curious about leaving...
Hi!I'm Elena, an Italian photographer, filmmaker and writer with very few coding skills. Despite this, for the past year I have been able to self-host many essential services: social media accounts (microblogging, photo sharing, video...
On November 8, 2024 I published an article on my personal site titled: “The rebellion will be federated”:The rebellion will be federated — Elena RossiniThis is how I plan to rebel against the tech barons and kleptocrats for the next 4...
a blog post that chronicles what I've been up to this month: from speaking at a conference in Berlin, to 3 podcast interviews about the Fediverse...
A starter guide for the Fediverse: what it is, how to join and its culture